The unusual Obama.com website redirects traffic directly to a donation page on the Obama campaign’s official website, my.barackobama.com, which does not require donors [to] enter their credit card security code (known as the CVV code), thereby increasing the likelihood of foreign or fraudulent donations. The website is managed by a small web development firm, Wicked Global, in Maine. One of Wicked Global’s employees, Greg Dorr, lists on his LinkedIn page his additional employment with Peace Action Maine and Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights. According to the GAI report, 68 percent of all Internet traffic to Obama.com comes from foreign visitors.

Watch this video to see how easy it is for anybody, anywhere in the world to donate to Obama. If it is an amount less than $200 FCC does not require you to trace it back to the donor. We saw this happen all through 2008.

Michelle Malkin has been writing/documenting/warning about this stuff for YEARS since circa 2008, iirc. Of course not only did it all disappear down the MSM memory-hole--it made sure it never even registered on the general public's radar-screen in the first place..

Well, at the K-street dinner last night, we heard that Peter Baker (the great reporter) is now assigned to cover Obama re-election front-page stories. His hidden mission: Save Obama from the mistakes by his staff.

Ergo: Every-news outlet is now dedicated to bringing their best people for Obama-Biden. Who is there for Romney-Ryan? Not even their paper-boy? No one likes Romney. No. One.

pm317 said...Michelle Malkin has been writing/documenting/warning about this stuff for YEARS since circa 2008, iirc.

Heh, Hillary supporters documented it during primary 2008 when all the righties were sitting on the sidelines. Nobody cared to help us then.

Well, not everyone. Rush Limbaugh did a lot to stir up support for Hillary in the form of Operation Chaos. We've heard for years about illegal campaign donations going to Obama. However, the odds that Holder would investigate criminality by Obama or his minions border on winning the PowerBall lottery (195 million to one).

pm317 said...Michelle Malkin has been writing/documenting/warning about this stuff for YEARS since circa 2008, iirc.

Heh, Hillary supporters documented it during primary 2008 when all the righties were sitting on the sidelines. Nobody cared to help us then.

Well, not everyone. Rush Limbaugh did a lot to stir up support for Hillary in the form of Operation Chaos. We've heard for years about illegal campaign donations going to Obama. However, the odds that Holder would investigate criminality by Obama or his minions border on winning the PowerBall lottery (195 million to one).

Doubtful the major networks will report it and even if they do mention it, the people who support Barry DO NOT CARE. They don't care if he corrupt. They don't care that he is a failure. They don't care if he wins by breaking the law or by being controlled by foreign interests.

Pastaman nails it..moderator Raddatz will be under intense pressure--will have gotten the msg from the Obama camp loud & clear as to what role she should play--not that she will put up any resistance to such pressures given her track record..

Why are people not more outraged, these is foreigners buying an American election..... And do you know why every foreign country wants Obama elected, because there all going to crap and they want to take America down with them, France just passed a 75% tax , the rich and busniess are fleeing France, where do think they will go.

Do you think the rest of the world wants a revived America, a Reagan 2, they prove of Obama 's determination to put American on a path to decline.

China hates Romney, and wants another weak foergn policy Obama second term and the last 4 years of suicidal domestic polices Obama his determined to implement.

"Doubtful the major networks will report it and even if they do mention it, the people who support Barry DO NOT CARE. They don't care if he corrupt. They don't care that he is a failure. They don't care if he wins by breaking the law or by being controlled by foreign interests."

Correct.

We now have an "O.J. Simpson Jury" for an electorate.

Facts, evidence, national interests, even self-interest do not matter.

Obama is their boyfriend, and his reelection is all that matters, no matter how awful he's been during the previous four years, no matter how little hope there is, how little reason there is to expect anything better from him in the next four years.

Stupid voters are intransigent - even if the thi...er, feel they are not.

Breitbart News obtained an advance copy of the bombshell report which reveals that the Obama.com website is not owned by the president’s campaign but rather by Obama bundler Robert Roche, a U.S. citizen living in Shanghai, China. Roche is the chairman of a Chinese infomercial company, Acorn International, with ties to state-controlled banks that allow it to “gain revenue through credit card transactions with Chinese banks.”

@Larry J, Rush as the name of his operation says, was in no mood to help us -- he was intent on creating chaos in the Dem primary. Many of us were appalled at the rise of Obama for the very reasons that now you and others have joined the cause. For many of us it was not trying to get our candidate to win, but it was also about making an incompetent unworthy candidate lose and not let him cheat his way to presidency. We were also highlighting the media bias and how such propaganda machine was dangerous in a democracy. All of those things have come to pass now regardless. We knew that if he won in 2008 it was a victory for the media propaganda machine and so it has been.

Many of us were appalled at the rise of Obama for the very reasons that now you and others have joined the cause.

Many of us saw through Obama back in 2008 and never supported him. It amazes me how obvious it was that Obama wasn't worthy of support. I honestly can't understand how any intelligent person could support Obama, then or now. But then, I've never been impressed by an Ivy League pedigree or the crease in a man's pants.

Why are people not more outraged, these is foreigners buying an American election?

Heh, Hillary supporters documented it during primary 2008 when all the righties were sitting on the sidelines. Nobody cared to help us then.

pm317: What were "the righties" supposed to do during the 2008 Democratic primary?

(1) We were focused on our own primary. (2) We don't have much sway with the media anyway. (3) It's likely Democrats, even Hillary supporters, would have resented any intrusion from Republicans in their primary process.

AP there's an election going on, its just a few weeks away and very close. You're so important and working in the heart of the campaign. What are you doing on Althouse? Its as if you are just a fake and a blowhard.

I wonder if this operation is a matter of the ends justifying the means for the left; or if these were the ends they've striven for all along.

They say if we keep borrowing money from the Chinese, they'll own us; but don't they already? They pay enough money to leftists who then produce enough propaganda to get their puppets installed in our government.

What if it was 1,000 interests gave $175,000 each? That's a small price to pay for the continuation of policies that divert trillions into the hands of cronies while weakening America's fiscal and military strength.

creeley23 said..------------I heed you. Party identity is sacred for a lot of people. But because of what happened in 2008 primary, you also find a good percentage that peeled off the party id. Many of us are voting as independents these days and in this election for Romney.

You would argue by implication that although Team Obama has done something manifestly corrupt both sides are equally guilty (the press avoids "scandals" whereas TCE sees "scandals" everywhere). You offer no proof of the equivalent guilt. The assumption is that where you think a scandal is, based on your hatred and bigotry, a scandal must be.

I'm sorry if you're blinded by your own hatred and bigotry. It's sad to watch.

------------------just to clarify, I am not suggesting that the donor uses the same name. The donor behind the curtain is the same but they can invent hundreds of different names and contributions under $200 each. How difficult is it to write robo-code to make these contributions? Not difficult at all.

America's Politico--I like Romney and so do millions of other people. The idea that no one likes Romney is another media myth that the media, and the Obama campaign, keeps forcing down our throats hoping that we will all swallow it and vote for the likeable guy, Obama. Well, I do not like Obama.

I wasn't being bigoted - you're adding comments up now! How honest is that, you scumbag?

You would argue by implication that although Team Obama has done something manifestly corrupt both sides are equally guilty (the press avoids "scandals" whereas TCE sees "scandals" everywhere). You offer no proof of the equivalent guilt. The assumption is that where you think a scandal is, based on your hatred and bigotry, a scandal must be.

Now you're putting words in my mouth. How honest is that, you disingenuous little bitch? I never said or suggested such a thing. Let me tell you the difference between you and I:

I don't weigh evil - that "lesser of two evils" bullshit is for the rest of you morons who think living with evil is fine.

If Romney or Obama fucks up I call them on it - no equivalency, no nothing. YOU want to say one asshole is better than the other based on how much they lie, fine - but, unlike you, I don't have to lie to get through life and won't vote for the dipshits who do.

I'm sorry if you're blinded by your own hatred and bigotry. It's sad to watch.

The only that's sad are your lame rationalizations for your own bad behavior:

This is insane. According to the report, if you elect not to use the CVV fraud check, the credit card comapny will charge you additional fees. Why would Obama elect to pay millions in additional fees... unless he was reaping tens of millions in fraudulent donations.

The Crack Emcee, giving me the gift of a smirk on my face, as he says, "for years and years."

And yes, he does "always win" and yes, he "always will," that is, he will always win at causing mirth, and always will be so strong of ego that he willingly gives us someone (him) to laugh at in every thread. It's some meta-meta shit that the thintelligent think makes them very clever, and the only thing not funny about it is the amount of time he spends... well that might be the funniest of all.

Last time around, there was a fair amount of evidence of illegal contributions to Obama's campaign - such as sequential donations by entire football team rosters, or donations from Disney characters. And, last time, they quit doing credit card verification sometime in the summer. The question was always how much was union money, and how much of it was foreign. All illegal, of course, but to the victor go the spoils, and the spoils include the DoJ, which might otherwise have investigated this.

And, this is what is a bit scary for me. The Dems in particular, but politicians in general, have been cheating to win elections for at least the last 100 years, and it probably goes back to the founding of our Republic. And, those doing so rarely get caught or have to pay for it, and one of the reasons is that, that if you win, you often control the investigation apparatus.

What has happened though is that everything now is international and mechanized. Sure, you could tell if an IP address were from out of this country, but that would likely decrease donations (and, yes, can be circumvented).

So, we now have Obama hitting some new record in donations last month, most of which do not have to be reported because of their size, and this scandal, reminding us what happened last time. And, we have four years of Eric Holder as Attorney General, reminding us what happens when crooks take over the law enforcement arms of the government. They can litigate to prevent states requiring photo-ids to prevent illegal voting, but refuse to look into where all those obviously illegal contributions came from last time, and are likely coming from this time.

So, we are a month from the election, Obama blew the first debate, is failing to break 50% approval, and we are likely to see the airwaves and TV blanketed with the ads bought by what more and more looks like illegal contributions, in order to salvage this election for him - maybe because if they lose at this point, it will be investigated, and people will go to jail.

Of course, the more of this that happens, the more an Obama reelection will be questioned, and the less trust we will have for a government won this way - something like Venezuela yesterday, Russia earlier this year, and maybe Iran last year.

America's Politico--I like Romney and so do millions of other people. The idea that no one likes Romney is another media myth that the media, and the Obama campaign, keeps forcing down our throats hoping that we will all swallow it and vote for the likeable guy, Obama. Well, I do not like Obama.

The Crack Emcee, giving me the gift of a smirk on my face, as he says, "for years and years."

And yes, he does "always win" and yes, he "always will," that is, he will always win at causing mirth, and always will be so strong of ego that he willingly gives us someone (him) to laugh at in every thread. It's some meta-meta shit that the thintelligent think makes them very clever, and the only thing not funny about it is the amount of time he spends... well that might be the funniest of all.

I like how you guys think merely saying something is the same as proof it's true. I constantly get attacked by you losers because people talk to me, listen to me, etc., which pisses you off to no end, so you try to pretend it's all "causing mirth" when - as I point out - nobody's hanging on your words, and you're affecting nothing.

If you enjoy joining my coterie of pests who follow me around lying on me, please, be my guest - but, just like Berkel, I will expose you for the scum you are, too:

Similar stories have come out for years. No shockwaves then, so why now. No, this will be buried.

They're desperate. I saw the word "Bombshell" and thought "Yawn."

When they reach this stage of delusional thinking, all sense of history and proportion is gone - Obama's old 2007 comments are supposedly new ("to somebody!" they later added) and this old shit is now dredged up:

They got nothing.

But the rubes will bite - knaw on it is more like it - until the next one.

pm317 said...Michelle Malkin has been writing/documenting/warning about this stuff for YEARS since circa 2008, iirc.

Heh, Hillary supporters documented it during primary 2008 when all the righties were sitting on the sidelines. Nobody cared to help us then.

-----------------That is because the liberal and progressive Jewish cabals in journalism like Journoist that pull the strings in traditional media - decided that Hillary was an obastacle to the Black Messiah and his speechifying with the unlimited moral authority a clean articulate black man is entitled to.

They covered it all up when HIllary's people uncovered the same stuff Obama and the Chicago people were doing.

Of course, they are even less willing to report on it when Romney is the foe.

Our democracy and transparent election money fundraising has been subverted...foreigners are manipulating our election process....And the Usual Suspects cover it up

It was bad when it was just Israel's AIPAC and the Saudis subverting. Now you have the CHinese and Mexican abd Indian government working with "Obama donors"..

Embrace the hatred. Embrace the bigotry. Life is easier that way. Keeping it all inside will result in you being the sort of person who slings insults. Insults and name calling.

You assume me a liar because I label your hatefulness hatred. You cast aspersions when I note your hatred because that's easier than introspection. You are a hateful bigot. Embrace the hateful bigotry so you don't have to project toward others.

On 11/08 the white house printing operations will begin the massive job of printing robo-signed pardons by the truckload. Holder will be very busy indeed running a 24/7 printing plant. better but shares in paper and ink companies, their order books will be massive.

Interesting question; at the rate Zero's campaign is collecting foreign bribes what will he do with the unspent funds? I see a beautiful beach front home in Hawaii and a lot of offshore bank accounts.

No, I didn't assume anything - I called you a liar because you lied. Don't recall your words? Look upthread:

You went from my words above spreading hatefulness and bigotry ("TCE is once again displaying his hatefulness and bigotry.") to claiming you got there by ADDING THEM WITH PAST COMMENTS.

For doing that, you're not only a liar but an idiot and a liar, because, now, I can hang that single lie around your neck for all time. Go on - say anything - I can point to your lie, and call you a liar, and make it stick every time. Because you lied. That's the cost of lying, you moron.

"I like how you guys think merely saying something is the same as proof it's true. I constantly get attacked by you losers because people talk to me, listen to me, etc., which pisses you off to no end, so you try to pretend it's all "causing mirth" when - as I point out - nobody's hanging on your words, and you're affecting nothing.

If you enjoy joining my coterie of pests who follow me around lying on me, please, be my guest - but, just like Berkel, I will expose you for the scum you are, too:

That's how I get my kicks,..."

Hey Crack, I'm smarter than you and better than you. See how much more concise I am? Must be sad to be such a loser that all you can do is be a jester on the internet for your betters... although, for being such a whip-smart meta-meta idol of modern wit and accomplishment, you could try a little harder on the names. 'Scum'? Don't waste my time, little Emcee.

Complaints about media bias from Clintonites ring hollow.Especially considering all the illegal money from China and elsewhere the Clintons took for the '96 campaign, and renting the Lincoln bedroom, etc. And they got away with it, too.

"Yeah, I see that - but is anybody weighing your ideas? Got any followers? Critics? Anything?

No - you're just a shithead, acting like a shithead, and you'll always be a shithead.

Get a life, shithead,..."

Who is? You are! You're weighing my ideas about you.

See? I'm still doing better!

Damn, it's just too easy when all the little Emcee can do is performance art. Performance art that Professor Althouse finds interesting, and if you need that for your little Emcee ego, who is anyone to deny it?

Maybe you can parlay your lofty position as Number One Jester of Anne Althouse's Blog's Comments, Creators of Ideas That Are Weighed (and Found Wanting - but let's not get into that), and Man Who Has People to Criticize Him on the Internet into... something. Something productive.

Oh, no! You'll be able to falsely call me a liar and other unimportant things for all time? Gosh, whatever shall I do? Should I pull my skirt up to my knees and try to walk through the puddle of your hatred and bigotry without getting too much on myself? Will my petticoat be sullied?

TCE, I will continue to mock your bigotry and hatred because I don't like bigotry and I don't like hatred. Consider yourself thoroughly mocked and despair.

Internet tough guy spreads his hatred and bigotry on the internet. News at 11.

Not our fault the Professor finds some merit in his performance art and so allows him to be an arrogant asshole to the point where regular people actually engage him seriously and other people like me decide to have some fun with him. After all, my performance art > the little Emcee's any day, and that includes his crappy 'contributions' to the musical culture.

The ADDED quote at the end is deceptive. Two percent of the contributions were reportable, not 2% of the $181M take. This is Patterico's error, not Ann's (who simply used Patterico's quote).

Of the 1.8M contributions, 98 percent were under the reporting threshold (and those averaged $53). So about $93.5M was collected under the reporting threshold, and the remaining $87.5M was reportable (an average of $2430 per contribution, which is really close to the $2500 maximum). This seems odd for contributions to be so heavily weighted towards the two ends of the distribution.

I quite disagree. AP is good at the over-the-top positions, but s/he's lacking one vital characteristic of the brilliant satirist: humor. I at least cannot imagine a more dull, plodding exposition; I practically die of boredom while I'm hurriedly skipping over AP's posts.

Looking at it another way, though, I guess you could say AP is fitting--s/he's brilliant in the precisely the same way that Obama's brilliant: NOT.